La Canzone Del Mare In Capri

La Canzone del Mare at Marina Piccola is the classic Capri beach club lunch experience and it has been since Gracie Fields founded it in the 1930s. The terraces step down to the water with the Faraglioni rocks framing the view and the combination of that setting, fresh seafood, and cold white wine on a summer afternoon is one of the great pleasures available to anyone with the good fortune to be on this island. The food is Caprese at its honest best — fresh pasta, grilled fish from the morning catch, insalata caprese with tomatoes that actually taste like tomatoes. The anchovies, the calamari, the linguine alle vongole — all done correctly and served with the unhurried ease of a place that knows you are not in a rush because nobody with a view like this should ever be in a rush. Come by boat if you can, order the seafood, drink the local wine, and stay as long as possible. La Canzone del Mare is the soul of Capri in a single afternoon.